Source readings in American choral music / compiled & annotated by David P. DeVenney.
| Author/creator | DeVenney, David P., 1958- |
| Other author | College Music Society. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Missoula, MT : College Music Society, ©1995. |
| Description | xiii, 258 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Subtitle on jacket: Composers' writings, interviews & reviews |
| Series | Monographs and bibliographies in American music ; no. 15 Monographs and bibliographies in American music ; no. 15. ^A377551 |
| Contents | A chronology of American choral music. Part I. Music before 183. "Preface" to The Grounds and Rules of Musick Explained / Thomas Walter -- Instructions on the Voice from the Turtel Taube / Conrad Beissel -- "On vocal music" from the Massachusetts Gazette ; "Thoughts on music" from The New England Psalm Singer ; "Lessons" from The Singing Master's Assistant / William Billings -- "Conclusion" to The harmony of Maine / Supply Belcher -- "General directions for the performance of sacred music" from Music of the Church / Anonymous -- Part II. Music from 1830-1920. "Introduction" to Nursery Songs / Thomas Hastings -- "Rules for the preservation of the voice" from The American Music Review / Lowell Mason -- Review of St. Peter by J. Fiske, The Atlantic Monthly / John Knowles Paine -- A review of The Fisk Jubilee and Hampton Singers from Dwight's Journal of Music / Anonymous -- Review of Mass in E-flat from the Boston Evening Transcript / Amy Beach -- "The 'how' of creative composition" from Etude / Amy Beach -- "Concluding remarks" from Illustrations in Choir Accompaniment / Dudley Buck -- A review of Hora novissima from the New York Times / Horatio Parker -- "Musical possibilities in America" from Scribner's / Theodore Thomas -- "A plea for choral singing" from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters / George Whitefield Chadwick -- Part III. Music since 1920. "Music and the plain man" from The Dilemma of American music / Daniel Gregory Mason -- "An Afro-American composer's point of view" from American composers on American music / William Grant Still -- "My sacred service" from Ernest Bloch: Creative Spirit / Ernest Bloch -- "Choral effectives" from the New York Herald Tribune / Virgil Thomson -- "What church music can be" from Ideals in Church Music / Leo Sowerby -- Reviews of Mass from the Washington Post by Richard L. Coe and the New York Times by Harold C. Schonberg / Leonard Bernstein -- "Notes on sacred music" from AGO Music Magazine / Ned Rorem -- An interview from The Choral Journal / William Schuman -- An interview from The Choral Journal / Vincent Persichetti -- A review of When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd from The New Yorker by Andrew Porter / Roger Sessions -- "Writing for the amateur chorus" from American Choral Review / Randall Thompson -- An interview from The Black Perspective in Music / Undine Smith Moore -- An interview from The Choral Journal / Kirke Mechem. |
| Abstract | This compilation is the first attempt to present important documents relating to the history and performance of choral literature written in the United States. The topics addressed in these selections, which are widely varied, may be grouped in three categories: reflections on the nature and purposes of choral music by major contributors to the repertory, critical responses to landmark works, and instructions on performance practice. Historical overviews introduce each section of the book, which is divided by chronicled period, and a lengthy bibliography of further writings on the subject will provide additional benefit to the reader. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index. |
| ISBN | 0965064700 |
| ISBN | 9780965064705 |
| ISBN | 0965064719 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780965064712 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML1511 .D48 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |